Flooding The Zone: Senior Athletes Step Into The Spotlight
July 30, 2025
Are you keeping track of your favorite sports? Have you been introduced to some new favorite athletes? In case you’re unaware, the National Senior Games started last week and are currently ongoing in Des Moines, Iowa. To promote competitive sports and encourage the physical activity of adults aged 50 and…
A Spurious Saga: What’s Actually Happening With Your Social Security
July 16, 2025
In our continuing effort to objectively and accurately cover the latest actions of the Federal government to overhaul and change rules and laws related to the Social Security Administration, it’s time for a new update. As you’ll likely remember from previous posts, there has been much chaos and uncertainty over…
Moving Targets: How Proposed Federal Budget Choices May Affect Your Medicare
June 18, 2025
It’s hard for us mere mortals to keep track of the budget negotiations currently ongoing in Congress. But that doesn’t negate the fact that for many older adults, the ultimate legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the President could have a profound impact on your health and…
Gather Together: Social Activity Is Critical For Healthy Aging
May 28, 2025
It’s that time of year when social gatherings pick up, and casual, happenstance meetups occur as everyone is back outside walking, or gardening, or engaging in other leisure activities. Not only do these connections and gatherings brighten our day or fill us with pleasure, but according to recent research, they…
Uncertain Status: The Ongoing Uncertainty About Social Security
April 30, 2025
The turmoil at the Social Security Administration, which we’ve previously profiled, continues on, as more staff firings may be in the works, computer systems malfunction, and remaining staff struggle to address problems and consumer fears in a system that was already at a 50-year staffing low even before the current…
Continuing Crisis: Some Additional Details About What’s Happening At The Social Security Administration (SSA)
March 26, 2025
Just two weeks ago, we began to address the question on the minds of many: Is Social Security at risk in our new political climate? Will efforts to slash government spending put at risk a long-prized government program that provides the primary source of income to at least 40% of…